Treat yourself, learn the holistic way

Furthering your career is only one of the benefits when learning holistic treatments

There is so much to be said about holistic therapies, but the benefits to oneself of actually learning them are rarely discussed. Perhaps because they are so obvious?

Studies show that simply learning a new skill, whatever that may be, helps to keep your mind sharp, staving off the brains cognitive impairment as we age. By pursuing continual learning, we positively feed our emotional health by promoting feelings of well-being. When we take interest in learning new things, we are giving the body and mind a natural self-esteem boost.

Every time we make progress in our learning, we build our confidence and open the door to more and more opportunities. Slowly but surely, that foothold of learning can turn into your expertise, bumping you up in your career path, social life and self-image.

When you learn how to give a holistic treatment, you first learn yourself

You learn how to centre yourself, to create balance within yourself. You realise the importance of balance in every aspect of life, and you start to rethink all your habits. Furthermore, you learn to protect yourself from the negative energies around you, especially those emanating from the close proximity of your clients. After all, most of the time when giving a holistic treatment you are physically touching the receiver. The both energies could not be closer, and so it’s important to create a protection barrier in which you carry only your own energy. There are physical techniques you can adapt to help ensure your protection, but in reality all you need is your own certainty and self- awareness.

When we are weak, fatigued, fearful, anxious, angry or sad, we leave ourselves vulnerable

Imagine a full day of client-treatment in which each individual comes with their own baggage. Most clients seek treatment when something in their own lives is negatively impacting them. It could be stress at work causing painful muscular tensions. A tragedy which has left them in pieces and they are looking to feel wholesome again. A trauma which has scarred them so severely, that every part of their mind, body and spirit is in need of treatment. In a less complex scenario, they could simply be looking for someone to talk to and touch them, as a bandaid for their loneliness. The point is, holistic therapists are here to help with all of that, and they train for it. However, if you are a sensitive person, and you’re not maintaining self- awareness, each person with their baggage can be transferred onto you and affect your energy.

In the process of learning to treat someone else’s ailments, you indadvertedly learn to treat your own.

The same goes for life in general, whoever you are and whatever you do. Everything is energy. Every single human interaction you have has the ability to impact your energy in a dramatic way. It’s so important that we separate other people’s baggage from our own. If we come into contact with someone who is giving us bad vibes, attitude, actions or remarks, it’s vital that we refract them away from ourselves like a mirror does with light. When you embark into the holistic world, you learn so much about things you may never have thought existed.
There is a huge boom happening in the health world today. People are turning to holistic treatments for help, especially where other fields have failed them. They are realising the benefits of even the most commonplace, simple treatment. It can be beneficial to people of any age or condition, that’s how versatile the treatments are. Nowadays, a lot of health-conscious individuals use holistic treatments as part of their regular self-care routine, and rightly so.

The top-five fundamentals of health-conscious individuals lifestyles look a lot like this:

Eat fruits and vegetables

Keep fit

Stay clean

Enjoy life

and Book a massage.

There’s no doubt that venturing into the world of health via any means is a good idea. There’s so many different avenues you can go down and the practicality is you can earn a living from helping people. When you start out, it shouldn’t be about the money, it really should be all about you. That’s what’s so great about the learning process. Through the education of health and wellness, you better your own and the cycle continues.

The School of Natural Health Sciences offers over 50 different holistic health therapy courses. Discover a stress-free approach to learning from the comfort of your own home. There’s no limit to how far your knowledge could take you. Get qualified, and let the learning process teach you a few things.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb

Rosemarie is qualified in Holistic Massage Therapy, Indian Head Massage, Reflexology and Aromatherapy. She is fanatical about living a healthy life and spreads the word about health to whoever she talks to. She also loves music and has interviewed, among others, Clean Bandit, Lindsey Stirling and South Africa’s biggest DJ duo Goldfish. When she’s not writing about music or health, she’s playing with her dog.

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